Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Stara Zagora, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks 3rd of 10 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 27.6°C; Stara Zagora is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Stara Zagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 49 | 7.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 60 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 60 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 13.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 68 | 12.5 | 15.215 h |
| July, selected | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 59 | 9.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 57 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 60 | 8.4 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Sliven in JulyBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JulyBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Edirne in JulyTurkey · 113 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Shumen in JulyBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Burgas in JulyBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Ruse in JulyBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in JulyTurkey · 182 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Stara Zagora) is explained once on the Stara Zagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.